A Paintbrush

Gallery: FloraPosted March 24, 201249 views8 comments

(Castilleja applegatei)

This is a single stem portrait of the Indian Paintbrush featured in my previous post. I applied a bit of selective blurring to the bg to help isolate the main subject and cloned out a dead grass blade. As Wyoming's state flower, Paintbrush was one of the first wild flowers I learned to identify as a child. Comments and suggestions welcome. As always, thanks for looking.

Canon T1i
1/1600sec f/9.0 300mm

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by Sally Wood on March 24, 2012 at 10:47 PM

Very beautiful coloring and light... lovely back ground.

Registered on March 8, 2012, 39 Posts, 509 Comments

Comment posted by scott lanz on March 25, 2012 at 8:38 AM

Nancy, good choice on the DOF. You achieved detail throughout the main subject, and a nice, non competing background. I do find the light a little strong/contrasty for my tastes.

Registered on November 14, 2003, 840 Posts, 12902 Comments

Comment posted by Bob&Charly Nelson on March 25, 2012 at 9:14 AM

Really great separation and detail Nancy, I like what you have achieved with this portrait. I don't find the light too harsh for this environment, but I use a diffuser often when I shoot in strong light.
Bob

Registered on October 27, 2005, 289 Posts, 4202 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Fach on March 25, 2012 at 3:29 PM

Nancy: I love just about every variety of paintbrush and I really like this one. Marvelous BG work. 2 thumbs up. >=))>

Registered on November 1, 2003, 1805 Posts, 26981 Comments

Comment posted by Lorna Taylor on March 25, 2012 at 4:05 PM

Lovely shot Nancy and beautiful BG. Well seen and captured !

Registered on November 12, 2010, 254 Posts, 3083 Comments

Comment posted by Albert Darmo on March 25, 2012 at 6:03 PM

Hi Nancy

I thoroughly enjoy this series of wildflowers that i will never see in real life. The colors, detail, and BG are splendidly done

Albert Darmo

Registered on November 25, 2008, 1386 Posts, 11978 Comments

Comment posted by Mark Seaver on March 25, 2012 at 10:55 PM

Nancy Lea, I just love paintbrush and this is a gorgeous picture of one. I'd say your processing was on the money.

Registered on January 23, 2011, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments

Comment posted by Howard Cheek on March 27, 2012 at 8:36 PM

Just the right DOF, great details and color Nancy.
BG works well with the bold orange color too.
I have tons of bluebonnets here on our land, but not a one of these

Well done!

Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments